Mimetica

Mimetica is a genus of leaf-mimic katydids of the family Tettigoniidae, found in northern Latin America.

There are fifteen Mimetica species found in nine countries. Several species have not been studied beyond a few specimens, and are therefore known from very few locations. The northernmost species is Mimetica stigmatica, described from near Guadalajara in central Mexico;^[1] the southernmost is Mimetica imperatrix, described from Bucay, Ecuador.^[2] No species apart from M. stigmatica are known from Mexico; the next-northernmost species, Mimetica angulosa and Mimetica mortuifolia, have been found in Guatemala.^[3][4] The citizen science project iNaturalist has recorded M. mortuifolia and Mimetica incisa from Belize.^[5] Further down the isthmus of Central America, M. incisa can also be found in Nicaragua, as well as in Costa Rica,^[6] which is home to six species, five of which were originally described from there (the exception being M. mortulifolia).^{[4][6][7][8][9][10]} Three species are known from Panama,^[6][10][11] four from Colombia^{[12][13][14][15]} and one, Mimetica simoni, from Venezuela.^[16]